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People who want to make good faith efforts are a valuable thing. They are willing to do the work and, typically, they genuinely care.

Not everything they do will be useful. Sometimes they don’t know what to do or are directed by others. When things don’t work well, those folks should be redirected to more useful things and not chastised (which can kill motivation).

Just my 2 cents



Yes, and if their motivation disappears after they’ve been instructed on the less feel-good more difficult intervention, then they’re fair game for ridicule




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